Roller-skate.



No. 862,849. PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907 F. L. RUMBLE.

RGLLER SKATE. APPLICATION FILED APILSO. 1901.

UNITED STATES FRANK L. RUMBLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROLLER-SKATE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application filed April 30,1907. Serial No. 871.040-

'readily applied as an attachment to existing forms of roller skateswithout changing or altering them.

To these and other ends hereinafter set forth the invention stated ingeneral terms comprises the improvements to be presently described andfinally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of my invention will bemore fully understood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which Figure1, is a side elevational view of a roller skate fitted with brakemechanism embodying features of the invention. Fig. 2, is a transversesectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3, is a top orplan view of a clip detached from the skate.

In the drawings 1, is the foot plate of a skate to which are attachedthe rollers 3. The skate may be of any ordinary variety and the onechosen for illustration is fitted with an ankle strap 2.

4, is a bar bolted to the underside of the foot plate in advance of therear wheels and the ends of this bar project laterally and constitutepivots.

5, are brake levers pivoted intermediate of their lengths to thelaterally projecting ends of the bar 4. The lower portions 6, of theselevers are rearwardly curved and fitted with a brake shoe 7. The upperportions 8 of these levers are outwardly bowed so as to accommodate theankle strap 2, when present, and the ankle joint of the skater.

9, is a leg strap fitted with clips 10, having a row of holes 11 intoany one of which the upper end of a brake lever 5, may be inserted sothat the position of the brake lever can be adjusted.

In use the skate is put on in the ordinary way and the brake levers areadjusted in the clips 10, so that ordi- To utilize one brake leverinstead of two is an obvious modification of the invention which doesnot appear to require illustration or special description.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A roller skate provided with brake levers pivoted thereto andextending above and below the foot-plate thereof and carrying at theirlower ends a brake shoe for the hind wheels and having at their upperends attaching means for engaging the wearers leg, substantially asdescribed. 1

2. A roller skate comprising a foot plate to which wheels are attached,a bar arranged in front of the hind wheels and secured to the underfaceof said plate and projecting laterally therefrom, brake levers arrangedat the sides of the foot-plate and pivoted to the ends of the bar andrearwardly curved at their lower ends and outwardly bowed at their upperportions, a brake shoe applied to the rearwardly curved ends of thebrake levers in operative position in respect to the hind wheels, andattaching means applied to the upper ends of the brake levers,substantially as described.

3. In combination a roller skate provided with brake levers pivotedintermediate of their lengths thereto and carrying at their lower ends abrake shoe for the hind wheels, and leg fastening means providedwithclips for adjustably engaging the upper ends of the brake levers,substantially as described.

4. A roller skate provided with pivots which project laterally from itsfoot plate in front of its hind wheels, brake levers pivotedintermediate of their lengths to said pivots and provided at their lowerends with a rearwardly projecting brake shoe, and a leg strap engagingthe upper ends of said levers, substantially as described.

5. A roller skate provided with curved and bowed levers pivotedintermediate of their lengths to the sides thereof, and having theirlower ends equipped with a brake shoe, and with leg attaching meansconnected to the upper ends of the levers, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

FRANK L. RUMBLE.

In the presence of- W. J. JACKSON, K. M. GILLIGAN.

